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How to pronounce “patronage”
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Pronunciation guide for patronage
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of patronage with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: How women will lead us to freedom, justice and peace
are based on patronage,
- Definition summary
- The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
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How to pronounce patronage
H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: How women will lead us to freedom, justice and peace
are based on patronage,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “patronage”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
- Customers collectively; clientele; business.
- The act or state of being a customer of some business.
- A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
- (politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
- Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
- The right of nomination to political office.
- (UK, law) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
- Patronising speech or behaviour.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To support by being a patron of.
- (transitive) To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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